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THE RURAL NEW-YOKKER 
April 3, 
Woman and the Home 
From Day to Day. 
TIIE TEST OE TIIE HEART. 
’Tis easy enough to he pleasant 
When life flows by like a song, 
But the one worth while. 
Is the one who will smile 
When everything goes dead wrong. 
For Ihe test of the heart Is trouble, 
And that always comes with years, 
And the smile that is worth 
All the praises of earth 
Is the smile that shines through tears. 
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 
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Embroidered linen bands, the work 
done on white or ecru butchers linen 
with mercerized floss, is a fashionable 
trimming for Summer gowns. Roman 
key and other simple patterns of geo¬ 
metrical style are used. Such trimming 
is very effective on a waist, and will 
form useful fancy work for nimble 
fingers. Sometimes the pattern is 
worked in one color only, and some¬ 
times in several harmonizing tones, or 
striking colors suggestive of Russian or 
Bulgarian work. 
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We have given a good many coffee- 
cake recipes lately, but here is a quick 
coffee cake, given by Harper’s Bazar, 
which ought to be added to the list: 
One tablespoonful of butter, one cup 
of sugar, one egg, one cup of milk, 
one and a half cup of flour, one heap¬ 
ing teaspoonful of baking powder, juice 
and grated rind of a lemon. Mix thor¬ 
oughly and spread the dough in a shal¬ 
low greased tin, sprinkle with chopped 
nuts, cinnamon, and sugar, and dot 
with butter. Bake till brown and crisp; 
cut in squares and serve very hot. 
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A woman correspondent of the At¬ 
chison Globe asserts that it is woman 
who first taught mankind to be clean. 
Commenting on the tendency of men 
living alone to grow careless in their 
habits and surroundings, she says: 
Almost auy old woman living alone 
keeps clean and dainty, from instinct, and 
little girls like to put on clean dresses 
from the time they are old enough to 
talk. So I am reluctantly forced to be¬ 
lieve that it was a woman who first in¬ 
vented a scrubbing brush, and who first 
“shooed” the dogs out of the hut or cave, 
and swept the floor with a branch or 
brush. It was she, I am sure, who took 
the first bath and learned the joy of it. 
It was Prof. Drummond who proved 
that the first step in evolution was the 
development of mother love, and, no 
doubt, the next step was mother clean¬ 
liness. 
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French apricot tart, a most delicious 
dessert, may be made with evaporated 
apricots carefully stewed in rich syrup, 
as well as the canned fruits. Make 
a very rich pie crust, and line a good- 
sized square biscuit-tin, letting it come 
well up on the edge; bake this; when 
cool line it with canned apricots which 
have been first drained of their juice 
and put into a rich, thick sugar-and- 
water syrup and cooked gently down 
till this is perfectly thick; the fruit 
must not be broken by rapid cooking, 
but merely simmered till the syrup is 
thick; put the fruit in the crust, ar¬ 
ranging it in overlapping circles; add 
the syrup to barely cover and bake till 
set; cool and serve with or without 
cream. Blanched almonds may be laid 
over the top of the fruit before it is 
put into the oven, if desired. 
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One of the great Boston daily papers 
recently discontinued its so-called 
“comic” colored Sunday supplement, 
and it is interesting to note that this 
policy was strongly endorsed by its 
readers, and is receiving high commen¬ 
dation from educators of all classes. 
The fact is, if the “comic” supplement 
ity, insolence toward the old and ef¬ 
forts to get the better of the young, 
while the most vulgar and sordid view 
is given of home and domestic rela¬ 
tions. There is little doubt that vve 
can trace much of the turbulence of 
2 to 8 years. 
rough and ill-bred children to this one 
source, while the artistic sense is de¬ 
stroyed by the ugliness of the pictures. 
If this all seems too severe, go over 
one of these sheets, page after page, 
and see how far the arraignment is 
true. We enjoy real humor, and have 
derived much pleasure from the work 
of the great caricaturists, but they have 
no part in the colored supplement. We 
are thankful that the evil is now re¬ 
cognized and that a great newspaper 
should have the courage to discontinue 
its dissemination. 
The Rural Patterns. 
The rompers or coverall will be 
found a very useful dress, whether 
ever was comic, it has long ceased drawn on over a frock to protect it, 
to possess this quality, and its strong- or worn in place of the regular dress, 
est features are ugliness, inanity, and The rompers are made with front por- 
vulgarity. Its point consists in rough tions and legs that are cut in one and 
^practical jokes, disrespect for all author- with the back portion of the body. The 
leg portions are gathered and joined 
to a band and are buttoned into place, 
and the lower edges are finished with 
hems in which elastic is inserted to reg¬ 
ulate the size. The sleeves are the 
simple full ones that are finished with 
straight bands, or cuffs, and the belt 
keeps the garment in positon. The 
quantity of material required for the 
medium size, 6 years, is 3^4 yards 24 
or 27, 2^4 yards, 36 inches wide. The 
pattern 6073 is cut in sizes for children 
of 2. 4, 6 and 8 years of age; price, 10 
cents. 
The plain little dress shown in No. 
6276 is a very practical model for wash 
fabrics, the collar and cuffs of white 
making it pretty and becoming. The 
dress is made with body portion and 
skirt. The body portion is fitted by 
means of shoulder and under-arm 
seams. 1 he skirt consists of one 
straight piece. The two are joined and 
closed at the back. Whether the stand¬ 
ing or rolled-over collar is chosen it 
is joined to the neck edge and what¬ 
ever the length of the sleeves they are 
gathered into straight bands. The 
quantity of material requred for the 
medum size (10 years) is 4^4 yards 
24, 3*4 yards 32 or 2*4 yards 44 inches 
wide with Y% yard 27 for collar and 
bands. The pattern 5276 is cut in 
sizes for girls of 6, 8, 10 and 12 years 
of age; price, 10 cents. 
Successful Canning. 
Mrs. M. C. P., page 147, asked for 
reliable recipe for canning. I had a 
large sheet of galvanized iron cut to fit 
my washboiler, perforated, with little 
legs about an inch high, enough to keep 
the weight of the cans from bending 
it. It is much easier than using pail 
covers, etc., to set cans on. You can 
get more cans in, and they will sit 
level. I can put 14 cans in at once. 
Some say the cans should not touch 
each other, but I find it makes no dif¬ 
ference. I pack them in as close as I 
can. Peas and string beans I put into 
cans, fill with cold water, add one level 
teaspoonful salt to a quart can, put 
on rubbers and covers, slip the wire 
over cover (I always use Lightning 
cans), place in boiler, fill with cold 
water to the shoulders of cans (do i 
not snap the wire down on the can), 
put the boiler cover on and boil four 
hours after it begins to boil. If the 
cover of the boiler is not on, the ones 
in the top of the can do not get thor¬ 
oughly cooked. When the cover is on 
the steam helps cook them. The covers 
of the cans being on, none of the drops 
of water forming on the inside of 
the boiler cover from the steam can 
get into the cans. I have a wire with 
a handle, with the end bent in such a 
way I can catch it into the wire on 
the can and lift it out without any 
danger of getting burnt or dropping 
the hot can. After removing cans from 
the boiler I simply snap the wire down. 
I never remove the cover to fill with 
hot water, as the empty space is a 
perfect vacuum and is better left so. 
Tomatoes I always cook one hour, fill¬ 
ing the cans after they are all cooked. 
Last year I put up about 160 cans of 
vegetables and fruit, four gallons pica- 
lilli, two of sour pickle, two of ripe 
cucumber pickle, 33 quarts of grape 
juice and 65 tumblers of jelly. I have 
not lost a single thing. This was 
only the third time I tried canning of 
any kind. mrs. s. f. s. m. 
What is smoother or more 
uniform than a good carriage 
finish ? 
To apply a finish of this sort, 
the brush is all-important. 
It is absolutely impossible to 
E aint a carriage with a thin, 
ristle - shedding brush. The 
brush must be full, springy, soft, 
well tapered, and must hold lots 
of paint or varnish—well thinned 
—so it will “flow on” without 
brush marks. 
RUBBERSET 
TRADE MARK 
Home Brushes 
are the brushes for all good painting and 
finishing work about the farm or home. 
Their selected, long, lively, China 
bristles are tapered to a chisel edge. 
Every bristle is always in place and 
guaranteed never to come out of the 
hard, vulcanized rubber setting. 
May be used over and over for years. 
Clean them with anything—no strong 
cleaners have any effect upon these 
Rubber Bound bristle settings. 
PRICES 
1 in., 20 cents. in., 30 cents 
2 in., 40 cents in., 50 cents 
3 in., 60 cents Entire Set, SI.85 
For sale at all dealers’. 
THE RUBBERSET COMPANY 
Sale* Dept. No. 18 5204 metropolitan Tower, N. Y. City 
Main Gflice, Factory and Laboratory* 
10*4 Ferry 8t., Newark, N. J. 
Branch Oflicos—Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal 
The Brush 
for 
Smooth, 
Even 
Finishing 
Why 
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rug—from Ingrain to Velvet. We guar¬ 
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We specially recommend om Duchess Tapestry, 9x12 ft., Ij 
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Calico House-dresses 
Charming inexpensive gowns made 
of Simpson - Eddystone Silver Grey 
cotton prints are worn by thousands of 
women to-day. The fast color, beau¬ 
tiful designs and fine fabrics have made 
these dress-goods the standard for over 
65 years. 
Some designs with a new silk finish. 
Ask your dealer for Simpson-Eddystone Prints. If he 
hasn’t them write us his name. We’ll help him supply 
you. Don’t accept substitutes and imitations. 
The Eddystone Mfg. Co., Philadelphia 
Established by Wm. Simpson, Sr. 
Three generations o! 
Simpsons have made 
SM* 
PRINTS 
Founded 1842 
